Muse Air Fans

https://apnews.com/article/b0be936879806bb731c2ba0badadee62

TranStar Airlines To Cease Operations Aug. 9 HOUSTON (AP) _ Transtar Airlines Corp., unable to keep up in the increasingly competitive air travel industry, will go out of business Aug. 9 and lay off its 1,300 employees. Transtar President and Chief Executive Officer W.W. Franklin said Wednesday the company's board of directors decided to stop....

https://community.southwest.com/t5/Blog/Flashback-Fridays-A-Look-at-Southwest-Airlines-and-TranStar/ba-p/31633

Flashback Fridays--A Look at Southwest Airlines and TranStar Not long after leaving Southwest Airlines, our first President, Lamar Muse, started a new airline called Muse Air. Taking to the sky in 1982, Muse Air almost immediately ran into problems when the big air traffic controller strike limited the number of airline operations. Nevertheless, Lamar’s eff...

https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Lamar-Muse-pioneer-of-Southwest-s-low-cost-model-dies-at-86

Lamar Muse, pioneer of Southwest's low-cost model, dies at 86 Lamar Muse, pioneer of Southwest's low-cost model, dies at 86 Andrew Compart L amar Muse, who as Southwest's first president and CEO helped create the low-fare airline model that now is spreading around the world, died Feb. 5 of lung cancer at the age of 86. "Blunt, colorful and plainspoken, he

https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1990/may/business-the-grounded-ceo/

BUSINESS The Grounded CEO - D Magazine When Lamar Muse lost his airline, he lost his son as well.

http://webhome.auburn.edu/~johnsrd/4160/Readings/Muse%20Air%20Case%20Study.pdf

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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-27-fi-25433-story.html?_amp=true

Passengers' Preferences Prevail : Muse Air to Allow Smoking Muse Air will allow passengers to smoke during flights after a survey showed that passengers preferred smoking, airline officials said Monday.

https://apnews.com/article/d405f4e9edb65a22b37f85ef63f7ce3e

Southwest Signs Pact To Buy Muse Air DALLAS (AP) _ Southwest Airlines said Monday it agreed to buy ailing rival Muse Air Corp. for cash and stock valued at more than $60 million. Southwest said Muse would continue operating as a separate airline under its current name, and would retain its current workers. Both Muse and Southwest are b...

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/19/business/texan-s-bid-to-save-muse-air.html

TEXAN'S BID TO SAVE MUSE AIR (Published 1985) AdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyTEXAN'S BID TO SAVE MUSE AIRBy Agis SalpukasJan. 19, 1985Credit...The New York Times ArchivesSee the article in its original context from January 19, 1985, Section 1, Page 31Buy ReprintsView on timesmachineTimesMa...

https://airlinegeeks.com/2017/09/15/fbf-flashback-friday-in-aviation-history-muse-air/

FBF (Flashback Friday) In Aviation History: Muse Air After the success of Southwest Airlines in Texas, former president Marion Lamar Muse decided to found a new airline in the Lone Star state. The new airline was created in Dallas in 1981, and carried the name Muse Air after its president. Muse choose the McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 as the primary air

https://wahsonline.com/departed-wings-muse-air-mc/

Departed Wings ~ Muse Air (MC) - World Airline Historical Society Written by Jon Jamieson 1980-1985 || Dallas, Texas In the few years after deregulation, many airlines were started to serve a niche market and take advantage of the new, un-regulated environment. One such airline was Muse Air, which took the name of its founder, former Southwest Airlines President,....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TranStar_Airlines

TranStar Airlines - Wikipedia Muse Air was a domestic U.S. airline founded in 1981, headquartered near Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas,[1] later moving to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston.[2] Southwest Airlines acquired Muse Air in 1985 and later renamed it TranStar Airlines, but it was unprofitable, and was shut down in 1...

Here is the first of a few links I will post with some history on Muse Air.

TSHA | Muse Air Muse Air, also known as TransStar Airlines, was a regional commuter carrier originally based at Love Field and headquartered at Muse Air Centre in Dallas and then later in Houston. Company founder M. (Marion) Lamar Muse, a Houston native and former Price Waterhouse accountant, drew on more than thir...